Monuments of the early church . Fig. 143. — Palace of Thoodoric, mosaic in S. Apollinare Nuovo, Kavenna. Sixth 144. —Mosaicdrawn ; before it,paenula. S. Georg-e. Thessalonica. An altar and ciborium, with curtainthe attitude of i)rayer, stand a man and a \%oman clad in the MIXIATUBES 333 ski!.l. The most interesting feature of the decoration of thischurch is the series of medallion portraits of the bishops ofRavenna, which are arranged in long line above the are an imitation of the portraits of the popes at S. Paulsat Rome. Figure 142 represents one of the bishops
Monuments of the early church . Fig. 143. — Palace of Thoodoric, mosaic in S. Apollinare Nuovo, Kavenna. Sixth 144. —Mosaicdrawn ; before it,paenula. S. Georg-e. Thessalonica. An altar and ciborium, with curtainthe attitude of i)rayer, stand a man and a \%oman clad in the MIXIATUBES 333 ski!.l. The most interesting feature of the decoration of thischurch is the series of medallion portraits of the bishops ofRavenna, which are arranged in long line above the are an imitation of the portraits of the popes at S. Paulsat Rome. Figure 142 represents one of the bishops which aredepicted between the windows of the apsidal wall. This, likethe seventh-century mosaic in the Lateran baptistery (), is illustrated here more expressly as an example of thecostume of the period. D. MINIATURES It is only quite lately that the subject of early Biblical min-iatures has received serious attention, and there is yet a good
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